Erika Comasco

Researcher at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Neuropsychopharmacology

Telephone:
+46 18 471 50 20
E-mail:
erika.comasco@uu.se
Visiting address:
MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1tr
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:
Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 Uppsala

Researcher at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Neuropsychopharmacology

Visiting address:
MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1tr
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:
Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 Uppsala
Academic merits:
PhD, Associate Professor
ORCID:
0000-0002-2174-2068

Short presentation

Erika Comasco´s research focuses on the interactive effect of (epi)genetic and psychosocial factors on mental health, and development of ill-health, within multidisciplinary collaborative projects. Emphasis is on adolescents and women, and on sex differences.

See more at:

https://www.neuro.uu.se/research/research-groups/erika-comasco/

https://www.scilifelab.se/researchers/erika-comasco/

Keywords

  • addiction
  • adolescent mental health
  • brain
  • depression
  • epigenetics
  • genetics
  • hormones
  • mood
  • treatment
  • women
  • womher

Research

Neuropsychopharmacology

Focusing on psychoneurobiology, activities of the group include:

  • research on the molecular underpinnings of gonadal hormones´influence on women’s behaviour and mental health; by employing genetic, endocrine, pharmacological, neurophysiological and neuroimaging measures, we aim to characterize diagnosis- and treatment-related biomarkers of sex-specific disorders.
  • research on the effects of early-life stress and alcohol exposure on brain and behaviour; (epi)gene-environment interactions are investigated in rodents as well as human population-based samples, with special focus on adolescence, to identify biomarkers of vulnerability to alcohol use and misuse.

Publications

Recent publications

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Erika Comasco

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